Tequila Rose

I bid farewell to my good friend, Fernando, yesterday. He would be doing his Master’s at the Vancouver Film School. That’s pretty cool, isn’t it? He’s one of the very few talented people I know that’s in the field of design, and one of the few friends that actually understand and appreciate my work, and me as a person.

Of course, being the awfully sweet dude that he’s always been, he got me this before he left, knowing how much I love it:

Ta-da! A bottle of Tequila Rose! Sweet, yummy, strawberry cream goodness! The black bottle with the rose emblem is almost too pretty!

Last December I was introduced to this drink at Café Iguana (credits to Tony a.k.a. Aristocrat for buying me my first Tequila Rose on the rocks. Coincidentally I was also with Fernando at that time). I was hooked ever since. Apparently it’s pretty rare too. Each time I ask for tequila rose at any pub outside of Café Iguana, they never have it (or have even heard of it).

Thanks dude! Now I can, err, drink this at home every night! I think the ladies would totally love this. It’s sweet and milky, pretty much the best-tasting alcoholic drink there can be.

Well, saying goodbye is always sad, never easy, even if it’s just for a year. Each time I bid farewell to someone whom I care about, my heart breaks a little! Damn, I hate goodbyes!

But anyhow, we made a pact (on the back of some coffee coasters at tcc, no less, since that’s where we were)!

We have pledged to meet up at the same place when he returns from Canada a year from now. Does this sound high school? It’s my idea actually, and a rather good one. I have a high tendency in losing touch with friends once we stop seeing each other.

Ok wait a minute. Why does his Masters only last a year? That said, I sure envy him for going to a film school.

Hmm, don’t bother asking for it anywhere else again, Veron. It’s almost a fact that other bars don’t stock it. There is a reason why Cafe Iguana is the best Mex restaurant, no? Besides of course, the 80+ types of tequila they (I can no longer say “we” here, sadly) have.

I’m planning to hit that spot after exams for a good round of margaritas. Miss the food and drinks there. And of course, my colleagues, haha.

wow, what a lovely heartwarming post! i feel so honored! getting that bottle to veron was quite an adventure, but now i couldnt be happier that its with the rightful owner.

going back to school is very very disconcerting, esp cos i will almost be thirty when i graduate! im not ashamed of it or bothered by it, but i felt it was now of never, you know? i owe veron a lot, cos shes listened to me bellyache about being unsure and scared and nervous, and shes been the picture of composure and patience. geez, when you have friends like this, it really breaks your heart to say goodbye, irrespective of the interim time.

oh tony: its an accelerated masters, by coursework. no thesis see, and i got a bunch of exceptions cos of my work exp. and its tied to my partial scholarship too.. but Im most certainly not a genius.. veron is far too generous with her compliments hehe.. oh yeah, and thanks for inadvertently introducing me to tequila rose too… fantastic drink. Plus, if you go by veron’s recommendations, you seldom go wrong!

as far as the pact goes: im taking it very seriously :) regardless of how goofy it might sound. hehe. even changed my return flight date today, to accommodate the pact hehe. I just hope you remember me when you become an internet celeb.. which you are well on the way to being :)

hmm, ive said a lot.. but V, see you soon!! keep the blog alive… i love this site.